LUCKNOW, Sept. 4 -- The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), which routinely cracks down on unauthorised constructions across the city, has itself come under scrutiny after the irrigation department flagged construction of Lucknow Haat near the Gomti riverbank close to Parivartan intersection without obtaining its permission.

In an official letter dated June 11, 2026, accessed by HT, the irrigation department's Lucknow Khand-2 division raised objections to construction activity near Shaheed Smarak Park on the right bank of the Gomti. The department said a joint inspection found that the LDA had undertaken construction of Lucknow Haat near the river's berm area without obtaining the required departmental permission.

When contacted by HT ...